150 Explaining Essays, Term Papers and Book Reports
Africa and Africans in the making of the Atlantic World
Kelvin Fields
Dr. Brackett
Hist. 300
1/20/06
Africa and Africans in the making of the Atlantic World
In John Thorntons book; he approaches the question of the first Africans in Africa and how they played a part in....
The Untold story: Is America a Freemasonry Nation?
There is lots of speculation concerning America's religious foundation and nature. Many Christians are of the opinion that United States has its foundation rooted in Christian teachings and practices, and that it right to reclaim it for God's glory. Perhaps the challenging question is whether Americ....
What is democracy?
Here are four (4) facsimile section reproductions taken from a 156 page book officially compiled and issued by the U.S. War Department, November 30,1928, setting forth exact and truthful definitions of a Democracy and of a Republic, explaining the difference between both. These definitions were pu....
"Civil Disobedience" an Essay by Henry David Thoreau
"Civil Disobedience," an Essay by Henry David Thoreau, justifies his decision to go to jail rather than pay a poll tax that supported the Mexican War and the enforcement of slavery laws. Thoreau shows compassion in the form of respectful disagreement. The opening lines clearly explains Thoreaus id....
"A Worn Path," Eudora Welty
In "A Worn Path," Eudora Welty implies several times throughout the story that Phoenix Jackson is living a concluding life. She is living on borrowed time, resorts to theft for money, and even accepts handouts for something that does not exist. The theme of denial in Phoenix's head also sh....
12 Angry Men - Group Dymanic
Group Think in 12 Angry Men
In the 1957 classic 12 Angry Men, group think are portrayed through a jury deliberation. Group dynamics is concerned with the structure and functioning of groups as well as the different types of roles each character plays. In the film, twelve men are brought together ....
1984-sanity and salvation
1984 - Sanity and Salvation
In 1984, George Orwells Partys definition of sanity and salvation is a paradox to the real definition of sanity and salvation.
The author used the protagonist, Winston Smith, to portray the insane but real definition of sanity. During the interrogation proces....
2nd Amendment Pros and Cons
2nd Amendment Pros and Cons
The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says as follows:
1."A well regulated Militia,
2.being necessary to the security of a free state,
3.the right of the people to keep and bear Arms,
4.Shall not be infringed." ....
6 Traits of the Writing Process:Which one works
Six Traits of the Writing Process: Which one works?
Introduction
Conn McQuinn from Puget Sound ESD in Burien, Washington guides teachers and students alike through a writing process with the analogy of creating a Magnifique pizza and Six Trait Writing Links. Pamela Arlov wrote a book title....
a beautiful mind
A few of John Nash's ideas, developed while he was a graduate student at Princeton from 1948 to 1950, transformed the field of game theory, and led to major developments in economic, political, and biological theories. Nash subsequently turned to other areas of mathematics, where he made enormous co....
A Bridge To Wisemans Cove Analytical Essay
A Bridge to Wisemans Cove is more than a good yarn. The author shows how people can be rescued from despair. Comment on this statement using evidence from the to support your opinion.
In the novel, A Bridge to Wisemans Cove many of the main characters were rescued from despair. Two of t....
A Burning Problem - Descriptive essay
After two hours of driving, the engines purr softened to a putter and with the turn of a key it rested motionless. I had finally arrived. The old Altimas door creaked as I swung it open and pulled myself out. Looking up at the days clear bright blue sky, I eased the door shut so no one wa....
A Captains Leadership on the Court
A Captains Leadership on the Court
In sports it takes many leaders to run a team to victory and those leaders may not always shine in each play ran but they are there to help push others through when tough times call. There are 4 different types of leadership theories that will be explained with....
A commentary on the poem Still Life by Jonathan Galassi
In the poem Still Life by Jonathan Galassi, the persona is on a camping trip with another person. The camping trip takes place near a lake that must have overflowed during long rain showers engrossing barns and trees within its waters. This poem is a detailed recollection of that specific camping tr....
A Father's Betrayal
A Father's Betrayal
A defining moment is different for every person. First love, death, joy or betrayal, are specific and meaningful to only one person at one point and in one time. For me, that moment began on a warm spring morning in May 2000. I awoke to the sun on my face, thanked God for g....
A review of the book: The Goal, A Process of Ongoing Improvement
Review of
The Goal, A Process of Ongoing Improvement
By Eliyahu Goldratt and Jeff Cox
William H. McKnight Jr.
MCT 603C
Dr. Gordon Minty
This book deals with manufacturing issues in very realistic methods, and provides one of the best reading source books I have seen. Goldratt and Cox provid....
A Semiotic Analysis of a Cosmetics Ad
Every day in our lives we are surrounded by advertisements. Even if we don't read a paper, watch television or walk around with our eyes closed, we will find it impossible to avoid some form of publicity, whether it might be the latest offer at the local supermarket or some adverts on the television....
A View form the Bridge is the Tragedy of one man is this view of the play or do you think this is a
Arthur Miller has written the play a View from the Bridge in the form of Greek tragedy. In this sense it is the tragedy of one man, Eddie because he loses his life. However all of the characters in the play are affected. So it is about more that the life of one man.
The play is used to tell t....
Aboriginals in Australia
Aboriginals in Australia
Xxxxx xxxxxx
Minority Group Relations
Professor
February 21, 2007
The purpose of this paper is to show how the functional theory, the conflict theory, the interactionist theory, and the m....
About animal farm
The term propaganda is sometimes brought up in casual conversation, however, many do not realize the potential power that propaganda can have. Merriam-Webster defines propaganda as the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a per....
Abuse of a child
i talk back at you,
you hit me.
i ignore you and turn away,
you slap me.
i run away from you,
you lock me up in small spaces.
i get ill,
you throw me across the floor.
i love you for being my father,
you kill me.
i wrote this poem to bring out the feelings of an abused child.
a child ab....
Action Research
Fernández Mella 3
Introduction
Teaching a Second Language is not an easy task. English teachers, here in Chile, have to deal with many problems when trying to teach this Second Language. This Action Research is going to be about some of those problems and it will show how reflective we are in....
Action Research
Action research is a powerful tool in exploring teachers opportunities of variety of educational methods and techniques, creating positive learning environment for students and motivate them to further learning. Through action research teachers can objectively take a look at their classroom practi....
Advertisement Analysis- Motorola cell phone
The innovators of the Motorola Sliver cell phone advertisement had their business strategy figured out. They decided to use a combination of strategies for their advertisement in order to appeal, or even more, manipulate, consumers in the most successful and profitable way. The strong use of ....
Advertising affecting the way we feel and act
Living in New York city one realizes the overwhelming presence of advertising today here in America. Every where you look you see an ad, magazine stands, television, movie theaters, on most walls on the streets, web pages, busses, subway stations and cars, the list could go on forever. Modern Adv....
Aesthetics and Its Values
Aesthetics is commonly known as the judgments of sentiment and taste. We people are
the first impressions, surface judgments and sensual experience. After all, all human beings are moved by visual appearance and sense of touch. They are influenced by the people, things and places that give them a ....
Alexander the Great
Some time in the history of the universe, no one is quite sure when, there was born a man. This man would eventually be the first to found a monotheistic religion. The name of this man is Zoroaster; the name is actually a corruption of Zarathushtra. Zoroaster's birth date, along with whether his rel....
Alice's Psyche - Alices Adventures in Wonderland
Alices Psyche
Dreams reflect the experiences we encounter throughout our lives. These journeys make us who we are. Because dreams unfold as we sleep, we have no choice of what they either echo or reveal. These echoes and revelations often contain ....
all quiet on the western front
All Quiet on the Western Front Chapter SummaryBy: Jesse CodyAll Quiet on the Western Front is an anti-war novel from the opening chapters. Many critics of the novel in the early days after the publication of the novel blamed Remarque for writing for shock value. They did not want to believe his n....
All Quiet on the Western front
"All Quiet on the Western front"
"All quiet on the Western front", by Erich Maria, provided me with a vivid depiction of the horrors of WW1. It provided with me with insight on the fighting soldiers and how they suffered throughout the war and the great impact that the war had on thes....
AMANDLA!... AWETHU
Amandla! ... Awethu!
(Power!... To us!)
There were the cries, Amandla! Viva! and joy when these were taken up by the whites, and there were the deep dreamy
intonations of the old-time greetings (Gordimer, 1991: 108-109)
And there we are, crying with them, singing, facing the story, almost a ....
An Analysis of Central Themes
James Agee was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1909, the son of a postal worker who was killed in an automobile accident. The loss of his father marked James Agee both short term and long term(James Agee p.30). Thirty years later it would form the basis of the novel which is the cornerstone of his f....
An Analysis of The Persistence of Memory - Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali did a painting called The Persistence of Memory in 1931. At the top of the picture is a background that is cool, calm and serene. The colors are golden yellows, whites and blues that make up the top third of the painting. There is a cliff on the right side of the painting near the ....
An Ideal Teacher
An Ideal Teacher
" Matha, Pitha, Guru devo bhava". So after parents it is the teacher who is important in our life. They are like our second parents.
School is the place where we all learn and learnt many things in our life and it is the teacher who teaches us. Teacher needs to help children ....
An inconvenient truth
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Global warming is a widespread problem that has impacted on the entire planet."An Inconvenient Truth" is the very frightening film that captures the comprehensive points of global warming. As a superb speaker Al Gore provides the audience with the opportunity to understand his....
Ananlysis:Treatment rather than Prison
The prisons of the United States have been overcrowded with people who have committed rape and/or murder, and drunk driving offenders who should be behind bars. People who commit violent crimes or are a violent threat to society should be the majority of inmates housed in our prisons and jails for ....
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
George Orwell, the author of Animal Farm, was the pen name for Eric Arthur Blair. Eric Blair was born on June 25, 1903, in Motihari, India. His family was fairly prosperous civil servants, working in India on behalf of the British Empire, but moved back to England in 1904 to raise t....
animal farm
The novel Animal Farm by George Orwell was a very
interesting, complex, and informing novel. In the
novel, George Orwell uses farm animals to portray
people of power and the common people during the
Russian Revolution. The novel starts off with
Major explaining to all the animals in the fa....
animal farm essay
In Animal Farm, the animals tried to be equal, but in time, some animals had certain views and different opinions and some gradually became more powerful. No matter how hard in society we try, equality will never truly be reached by mankind for the reason that Power tends to corrupt and absolute ....
Anne Dudley Bradstreet
Anne Dudley Bradstreet, one of the best known early North American Puritan poets, wrote about some of the tragic losses of life experienced by her family in several elegies. Even as a Puritan with a directive of self-subordination to God and Puritan ideas of the afterlife, Bradstreet in all these e....
Anti terrorism act and Canadas hold
Anti-Terrorism Bill Sustained by 9/9 Judge Ruling
Last week in the Supreme Court of Canada, the Anti-Terrorism Act was up for debate. The judges believed that the law was constitutional as it was since it had already passed the Oakes Test. It was the court hearing that solidified this decision....
Antigone
Antigone
Antigone was produced in 441B.C. by the Greek play writer Sophocles, who was born in 496 BC at Colonus, near Athens. Unlike his younger contemporary, the often-misunderstood Euripides, Sophocles had the fortune of being revered for his genius during his own lifetime. He lived to the ripe ....
Appeasement to help stopping war
Did the policy of appeasement go to any great lengths toward stopping the outbreak of war or did it simply delay the inevitable? The task of explaining why appeasement, has been continuously addressed by historians over the years. To date, there is still no single cause identified. Nonetheless there....
Aristotle: Unmoved Mover
For many centuries and even millennia thinkers have wondered what original force or entity propelled the universe to move in the circular motion that it moves in today. Supporters of the Big Bang theory argue that the universe was created by a massive explosion that arranged all the cosmos in its cu....
Asian Philosophies of Critical Thinking
The research question of this extended essay came across at a very early stage in my life. Having been born and developed from a family with all its members being University instructors and professors, I was often involved in arguments related to the lack of critical thinking in Asian cultures. As I....
Assess the View that Globalisation is both Necessary and Inevitable
When assessing the view that globalisation (glob) is both necessary and inevitable it must first be shown what the word itself actually means. A basic definition of glob is that the world is becoming smaller and more interconnected as connections between the various regions grow. However, there ar....
Atticus (Character analysis)
In to kill a mockingbird Jem and Scout face the corruptions of human society, their father Atticus helps by providing a strong foundation in which to build their morals. you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view until you climb in his skin and walk arou....
Aurthr Miller
Arthur Miller is now regarded as one of the worlds greatest dramatists. In his plays he explores the struggles of the ordinary man against authority and insurmountable odds. It is his ability to dramatize the attempts to find the balance between the different conflicts of life that is Millers fe....
Author Study of Mark Teague
Mark Teague
Mark Teague was born in 1963 in La Mesa California. Mark has a wife named Laura and two daughters Lily age eight and Ava age two and a half. They live in a small New York town in Hudson Valley along with a few cats and eleven chickens. Mark was born and raised in San Diego. When he w....
B.F. Skinner
Burrhus Frederick (B.F.) Skinner was a radical behaviorist who believed a person's personality was established and controlled by their environment. Skinner emphasized that who he was, "his personality, was clearly the result of his reinforcement history as a child - the rewards and punishments....
Baccio Della Porta
Baccio Della Porta
Even the average person with little or no background in art may have heard the names Leonardo da Vinci, Michaelangelo, or Raphael. Not only because they are the most famous and noteworthy painters, sculptors, draughtsmen, designers, and inventors of the high renaissance, but also....
Bad Parents Make for Bad Children
Bad Parents Make for Bad ChildrenGenetics is not the only valid excuse for a childs misbehaviour. Society prides itself in the way a child is raised by parents. Children misbehave because something vital is missing in ones nurturing. These mothers and fathers allow young children to stray from mo....
Banking Law - The failure of the FSA in light of the recent banking failures
In the past year banks in the United Kingdom have experienced substantial losses and adverse effects due to the credit market crisis. The crisis was seen to begin in the United States as a result of defaults in payments of sub-prime mortgages; leading to extensive losses on many mortgage-related....
Baron Von Stueben
Fredrich Von Steuben was born in Magedeburg Prussia, on Nov. 15, 1730, the son of a Prussian army officer. At the age of fourteen he served as a volunteer in the army, at the siege of Prague. By seventeen, he was an officer. In 1762 he served Frederick the Great. Von Steuben became Grand Marshal at ....
Barriers to Effective Communication in the Criminal Justice System
Effective communication is a vital method in our daily lives. We should be able to converse efficiently with each other on a personal and business level. Breakdowns in the communication process can lead to misunderstandings, or a communication failure. In order to begin effective communication, one ....
Battle Of New Orleans
"The Battle of New Orleans"
A clean and maintained area cared for by groundskeepers with occasional visitors and battle reenactments is what now remains at the once bloody and violent battleground located in Chalmette, LA. The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815 and....
Battles of civil war
?Essay
?Discuss the key battles of the Civil War, explaining why a particular battle was considered important. ?
There were many battles of the Civil War but the Key Battles not only determined the conditions of the War but also the outcome. The war began with the Confederate attack of Fort Sum....
Beauvoirs The Second Sex,
Interpretation Paper #1:
Beauvoir, The Second Sex
& Ibsen, A Dolls House:
In Beauvoirs The Second Sex, she sets out a feminist existentialism that carries a major Freudian aspect. An existentialist herself, Beauvoir accepts the principle the existence precedes essence. Mea....
Become Well rounded by learning Microsoft products.
There are literally hundreds of desirable traits in the workplace. Of these, one of the arguably most important is to be well rounded in the workplace. Many skills can assist an individual in being a well-rounded employee. Oral communication skills, written communication skills, teamwork, technical ....
Behavioural change from the cognitive perspective
Examine one theoretical explanation of behavioural change from the cognitive perspective
One theoretical explanation of behaviour from the cognitive approach is the theory of cognitive dissonance, which deals with how cognitions may affect behaviour. Cognition could be defined as mental process....
Benchmarking
This paper will be explaining benchmarking and the different types of benchmarking that are being used today. It will also be exploring the ethics and code of conduct that companies must adhere to because of privacy acts and laws that are laid out to protect companies and their internal confidentia....
Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang is the theory of what happened at the very beginning of our universe. It was originally developed in the late 1920s by Georges-Henri Lemaitre, a Belgian Catholic priest and astronomer. Discoveries in astronomy and physics have shown that our universe definitely....
Bipolar Disorder
Everyone has days where they are feeling a bit gloomy or unhappy about their life and also days when they feel cheerful and lighthearted. However, there are some people who tend to have extravagant mood swings. For example, in one-moment an individual might feel as though they can do anything and ....
Black Cat the True Words of Edgar Allen Poe
English: Introduction to American Literature
The Black Cat by Edgar Allen Poe is a chilling tale that blurs the line that separates reality and the supernatural. This complex story invokes fear and a sense of awe upon the reader, as he or she gets deeper into the obscurity, which is The Black Cat....
Blow and Prozac Nation
Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel is a memoir written about the authors life of depression, addictions, and her relationships. The author is an extremist when it came to her depression. She would portray her emotions so that everyone knew that she had a problem and for some reason are still there....
blue print for equality - African Americans
Throughout history, African Americans have face discrimination un-justice treatment, brutal harassment, and un-equality of citizenship. Although that did happen, African Americans have prevail and over came these previous trails and tribulations that tried to keep them down. In the article Bluepri....
Bones of Contention
Bones of Contention
Allison Vasquez
Introduction to Archaeology
ANTH 334-01
April 30th, 2005
Archaeology was rocked to its core on November 16th, 1990 when the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was signed into law. This act gave c....
Book Review of The IBM Way-Buck Rodgers
AN INTRODUCTION:
Among common masses, IBM is known for its leadership in terms of computer technology. THE IBM WAY by Buck Rodgers, written in 1986, brings out a new face of IBM, in terms of sales, in terms of marketing and in terms of customer satisfaction. The book brings out the importance o....
Booker T Washington
Booker T. Washington spoke at the Atlanta Exposition where his speech was received mainly by whites. Booker T Washington spoke about industry, work and education for black people explaining how around one-third of the population was African American. Washington felt that to be respected by differen....
Booter T Washington
Jake Campshure
Dr. Gray
Pols 353
Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington was one of the most influential African American leaders this country has ever seen. He fought against the odds, being a former slave, and delivered some of the most powerful speeches on how the black man is pictured in A....
briefing of the avena case - Avena and Other Mexican Nationals
CASE BRIEF
Case Concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals
(Mexico v. United States of America)
International Court of Justice (2004)
Facts: Mexico instituted proceedings against the United States of America in a dispute concerning alleged breaches of Articles 5 and 36 of the Vienna Conventi....
Bringing Up Baby
Bringing Up Baby was created in 1938 and is considered by many to define the screwball comedy genre. It was directed by the extremely versatile Howard Hawks and was written by Dudley Nichols and Hagar Wilde. This fast-paced film involves the unlikely relationship between its stars, Cary Grant and Ka....
Buchi Emecheta's In the Ditch
Buchi Emechetas In the Ditch is an autobiographical novel and it describes the social deprivations by the protagonist, Adah, who is a native from a post-colonized country, Nigeria. In fact, Adah is the author herself and everything in the book really happened. As an Ibo from Nigeria she comes ....
Buchi Emechetas Kehinde: A Lebanese Arab Perspective
Although Kehinde belongs to the corpus of African feminist writing, it is natural that different readers around the world, especially those interested in feminist issues, would find many of its themes applicable to their own cultures. However, this universality of themes should not lead us to g....
can science explain everything?
Every day, each of us who populate this Earth has something going on inside of our minds. Whether we are thinking about a job, our family, an event that happened earlier that day, or even questioning why something happened that day, rarely are we interested in how the world came to be, and how we c....
Case Assessment - Case of China Jose
Abstract
This case assessment reflects an eight-year-old adolescent female named China Jose, who displays behaviors related to ADHD and PTSD. Applied within this paper are current theories of counseling with children and adolescents. A plan will be developed for the improvement of cultural divers....
CASE STUDY ON MOTIVATION:
This case study is based on the problems happening in my company and the solutions that I would like to take as a manager.
As we know that we are spending 60% of the active time in the company. The growth of the company is depend on the growth of individual. The growth is only possible if we will....
Causes of Military Intervention in Undeveloped Nations
Political scientists have usually offered one of two alternative perspectives for explaining the frequency and nature of military intervention in developing countries. The first perspective looks into the internal characteristics of the armed forces with the second focuses on the broader political ....
causes of plagiarism
Why some college students plagiarize?
Students are the best learners. They have ability to learn quickly, but they differ in developing skills and performance. To the concept of plagiarism, some students have a lake of research skills, lake of writing skills. Some of them have problems evaluating I....
CFC
The beginning of the CFC(chlorofluorocarbons) era started in 1928, when CFC' were invented by a Du Pont chemist. CFC' were best known as "freons" and became famous as a safe, nonflammable refrigerant. It's invention became a great triumph when Freon took the place of sulfur dioxide or ammonia which ....
CFO - The New Superman
In 2004, Alice Hohler wrote an article for the Financial News entitled "Companies figure out the expanded roles of CFO's". In this article, she states the increasing responsibilities and job description and the reasons behind the role change. Previously, the CFO was basically there to ....
Chance in history - The Russian Winter of 1941-1943
In this article, Chance in History: The Russian Winter of 1941-1942, by Russel Stolfi, the author speaks particularly about the Russian winter in 1941 and 1942. He also mentions how the German army was defeated in World War 2 because of the cold winter. Stolfi states clearly that th....
Change Management at Crys Tel
Change Management
Crys Tel, a leading United States based telecommunications company which produces data cables, wireless solutions and network development, plans to implement a range of emerging technologies, which will increase the companys product offerings (University of Phoenix, 2004). To....
Character Development of Lady Macbeth throughout The Play
To metamorphose ones character through years of experience and age is salutary. To deteriorate ones character through a short period of fast decisions and unsure actions is perilous. Lady Macbeth proves the truth to this theory. The impulsive mistakes and power-hungry tactics littered the journey La....
Charles Darwin
The modern era is a period of important development within the fields of technology, science, and warfare. It has as well been an time period where a lot of discovery has come forth. During this time, people were shying away from their religions and putting more focus on the thoughts of three major ....
Charlie Chaplin
The Tramp That Changed The World
Born in London with an uncanny inborn talent, Charlie Chaplin got his first taste of the entertainment business at the age of 14. In years to come Chaplin would become the highest paid actor of his time. Chaplin was a one man wrecking crew with disposable co-st....
Cherry and Orange in Love
Have you ever been in the position where there is something you extremely like but people would look down upon you for having it. But you try everything in your power to get it and keep it. Even with knowing what people will say and think. Well in this true story two kids find love.
As a child Oran....
Childhood Obesity, Who's fault is it?
Why Child Obesity is a Sociological Problem
My hypothesis has gradually changed as I learned exactly what was meant by a sociological problem. There have been plenty of discussions as to the fact that child obesity is a problem, the causes, and possible solutions, but it wasnt until recent....
childrens crusades
Childrens Crusade
Usually looked over by readers and historians, the Childrens Crusade normally isnt mentioned in the Chronicles of the Crusades. Often misunderstood, the Childrens Crusade is the name given to a series of events that involved thousands of wandering children who b....
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Holbrook, Pg.1
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
I am writing my essay on a medical condition called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The condition usually affects people usually beginning in the younger years. With all the current medical technology available today, there is ver....
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
I am writing my essay on a medical condition called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The condition usually affects people usually beginning in the younger years. With all the current medical technology available today, there is very little knowledge about this flu like ons....
Citizen Kane: An Accurate Portrayal of William Randolph Hearst?
Many have called Citizen Kane the greatest cinematic achievement of all time. It is indeed a true masterpiece of acting, screen writing, and directing. Orson Welles, its young genius director, lead actor, and a co-writer, used the best talents and techniqu....
Civil Rights Act of President Johnson
Lyndon Johnsons work for minorities began in 1928 when he obtained his first job as an elementary school teacher; it was, of course, at this time a segregated school attended by only Mexican Americans. Johnson had 28 pupils who he recalled were "mired in the slums", "lashed by prejudice" and "buri....
Climate Change: Real or Perceived?
Predicting climate change is less accurate than firing a pistol at long range. The fact is, finding a forecast of our future is just as difficult as explaining the meaning of life. I mean, how can we predict the future climate when meteorologists cant even predict todays weather? Scientists h....
Cognitive and Language Skills of Infants
Describe the perceptual, cognitive and language skills an infant will acquire in the first two years of life. Be sure to include age references related to when milestones might be expected during this time of life.
Ask any mother and she will tell you that her son or daughter is the most percep....
College students and the Illegal use of A.D.D. Medications as Study Aids
College life offers distractions around every corner. Most people can tune the distractions out to focus on the requirements of classes and degrees. However, there is a population of students who feel that their efforts alone are not enough to meet the standards of academic success. Illegally tak....
Coming of Age in Mississippi
Before Emmett Tills murder, I had known the fear of hunger, hell, and the Devil. But now there was a new fear known to me the fear of being killed just because I was black. This was the worst of my fears. I knew once I got food, the fear of starving to death would leave. I also was told th....
common law and equity tracing
It has often been said that a century and a quarter after the Judicature Acts law and equity should be integrated. This may be a desirable aspiration, but it has not proved easy to achieve The concepts and terminology of equity were quite different from those of the common law, and this was jus....
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Common Sense By: Thomas Paine
Thomas Paines fame had no reflection on his childhood years. He was born on January 29, 1737 to a poor working class family in Thetford, England. Thomass mother died at an early age in his life. Thomas as a young boy attended grammar school but eventuall....
Common Sense, Paine, and Americas Most Important Leaders
Common Sense, Paine, and America's Most Important Leaders of the Protest
Over the centuries, one of the most important tools available to protesting groups was literature. Some of the most famous protest literature in the world has its roots in American history. For example, some great American ....
Compare and Contrast: 2 articles on the same subject from different newspapers
Barack Obama is a Candidate for Presidency
On February 10, 2007, Senator Barack Obama told the American people that he would run as a Democratic candidate for the 2008 Presidential election. The public perception of Obama so far has been positive and his support has been steadily risin....
Compare The charge of the light brigade and The defence of Lucknow by Alfred Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson was an English poet born in Lincolnshire in 1802 and died in 1892. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and was first published in 1830. By 1850 he was sufficiently established to succeed William Wordsworth as poet laureate.
Tennyson was a very patriotic and nationalist po....
Comparing and Contrasting Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
In the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are depicted very differently and simply wanting kingship are among the few similarities. It is also interesting how the differences between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are caused by other differences in their traits, starting chain ....
Comparison creation myths
Stories, myths, urban legends and tales all come from somewhere. The truth about these stories only exists in the belief and mind of person who hears them. There are no concrete facts in these stories yet some people would give up their lives to protect them. These stories or beliefs make a pers....
Comparison of Beowulf and Grendel
John Gardners book, Grendel, is a first person view of the Monster Grendel. The purpose of Grendel is to show the reader a new perspective on Good vs. Evil perspective. He views humans as a completely objective third party. Grendel shows the readers of a classic human want, for one to fin....
Comparison of Commercials
Comparison of Commercials
In Jay Chiat's article "Illusions Are Forever" the authors opinions regarding the television commercials are split into likes and dislikes. He attempts to spread the message that not all advertisements are sending out false messages, but that they "just" trick the view....
Comparison of Plato and Aristotle
Comparison of Plato and Aristotle
Throughout time changes in epistemology have varied significantly. An Important turning point in epistemology was when Platos view of the world was revised by Aristotle. Plato was a student of Socrates and was one of the greatest philosophers who ever live....
Computer Game Narratives
Abstract
In this paper we investigate if, and then how, interaction can define narrative in a computer game. When developing computer games that include stories or story elements
it seems natural to use the traditional linear narrative and storytelling methods without emphasising that the compute....
Concentration of media ownership have a negative impact on journalism in South Africa
This essay will argue that concentration of media ownership have negative impact on journalism. It will start by explaining the consequences of media concentration under apartheid. Lack of competition under apartheid resulted in inferior journalism. The last part will argue that concentration of med....
Conglomerate of Characters: usage in Beowulf
In literature, characters provide multiple uses for the author: in addition to being merely one of the people involved in a story, a character can be a symbol for a concept or idea, representative of a certain group, or personify an influential figure from history. Major characters have multiple fac....
Connecting the Words: The Art of Association in Poetry
Connecting the Words: The Art of Association in Poetry
William Blakes Jerusalem can be related to all aspects from the world of everyday experience through the power of association. The aesthetic qualities of this beautiful poem can create a realm of imagination for the reader. The reader of this....
Control Theories of crime
CONTROL THEORIES OF CRIME
"To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization." (Bertrand Russell)
Control theories take the opposite approach from other theories in criminology. As their starting point, instead of asking what drives people to commit crime, they ask ....
Controversy Amid Sex and Sexy Education
Controversy Amid Sex and Sexy Education:
What are Our Schools Teaching?
Children are having sex these days! This is a fact. It is shocking; but no one can deny it. Yet, what is dreadful is going to a hospital that treats HIV and finding out that one out of four infected people are children (Ma....
Cool Hand Luke
For the majority of the movie, Luke and his fellow prisoners appear to struggle towards the same goal of freedom from the bosses of the prison society. Lukes unique charisma and carefree attitude seem to draw his fellow prisoners into a world, in which prison life is interesting and livable, ....
Corporal Punishment: Should it be Illegalized?
Corporal punishment is synonymous with physical punishment and according to Block (2007), ``it means the intentional infliction of pain on the body for the purposes of punishment or controlling behaviour. It includes slapping, spanking, hitting with objects, pinching, shaking, and forcing it....
Corporate New Ventures at Proctor & Gamble
Corporate New Ventures at Proctor & Gamble
Executive Summary
P&G was founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble as a maker of soaps and candles. P&G was known in Corporate America as a company to be admired and imitated. In addition, it was envied for its profitability as well as stro....
Cost Volume Profit Analysis
Intro
Andre's Hair Styling is doing very well. There are 5 employees that are employed at Andre's Hair Styling. The salary for every barber is nine dollars and ninety cents for each hour worked. There is forty hours that is worked for the fifty weeks a year that is worked. There is other fixed e....
Could God be loving, in a way that amounts to more than merely intending the good of human beings?
The Christian faith presents a definite world-view in which the God of the universe is revealed as loving. Amongst an abundance of biblical references to Gods love, some that may be described as great , immutable , infinite , incomprehensible and many more most are aloof and at times contradic....
Could we live without the Law?
In this essay I will be describing what life would be like without the law or people to enforce it. The law is like a set of rules laid down to keep society in order. The government employs people to make sure the law is followed correctly. The people most involved with the law are: policemen, judge....
Crash Landing
He woke up; there was excruciating pain all over his body. The smell of burning plastic and metal was everywhere. He stood up and inspected the wreck of his plane; he knew he was lucky to be alive. Fortunately the only really damaged parts were the nose and tail; the cargo hold was relatively intac....
Crime in Canada and in the United States: A Comparative Analysis
In the past three decades, a number of researchers have undertaken the comparison of American and Canadian crime rates. Among them, Lipset (1990) and Hagan (1991) have shown that violence was more frequent south of the border than in Canada. Using infra-national disaggregated crime rates, this artic....
Critical Book Review on The Delusion Of Satan by Francis Hill
In the Preface, Francis Hill makes a cautious effort to clarify her reasons behind writing A Delusion of Satan. In 1992 when she first visited Salem she found that, despite the millions of words written on the subject there was a lack of an accurate up-to-date narrative of the horrifying stor....
Critical Review of Sources about the Black Death
By the mid-fourteenth century, the pandemic known as the Black Death had reached the shores of Italy and started to spread through Western Europe. Yercinia pestis is a bacterium that lives in rodents and is what caused the Black Plague. However, the knowledge of what caused the dismal symptoms....
Culture and Intellectual Life
Theme: Culture and Intellectual Life.
Throughout history, many cultures have experienced a Golden Age when great advances were made in a society of different fields. The Renaissance in Europe, and the Islamic world from the 8th through the 12th centuries. Both of these cultures went through Golde....
customer service- self evaulation
Self- evaluation
Check In
The customer was very calm and polite. I welcomed the customer by saying Welcome to Ramada Plaza how can I help? I approached the customer with a smile. I was very polite and I felt I was very confident when talking to the customer at all times. I kept eye contact....
Cyber bullying
There was once bullying and harassment where one individual or a group would use power and intimidation to lower one's wellbeing and self esteem. Bullying was and still is common in primary and secondary schools. Once technology enhanced, cyber bullying became common through these enhancements.
The....
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac was written by Edmond Rostand andtranslated by Brian Hooker. It tells the story of a man namedCyrano with a long nose. Cyrano is in love with a woman namedRoxane. However, Roxane loves Christian and asks Cyrano to teachChristian how to write about love. Cyrano helps Christian winR....
Daryl Zanuck - Movie maker
David Puttnam asserts that it was David Selznick, Hal Wallis, Daryl Zanuck and other heads of production who determined the kinds of films made in Hollywood in the 1930s. Discuss this with particular reference to one producer and the films for which were responsible.
Daryl Zanuck was one....
Data Compression
"Data Compression" just sounds complicated. Don't be
afraid, compression is our good friend for many reasons. It saves hard drive
space. It makes data files to handle. It also cuts those immense file download
times from the Internet. Wouldn�t it be nice if we could compress al....
Dating Violence: It needs to come to surface and to an end
Dedicated to someone who I love and cherish with all my heart
and whom at the same time I cant forgive because she is hurting me with her foolish decision to stay with her abusive boyfriend.
I LOVE YOU. ONLY I CAN UNDERSTAND
DATING VIOLENCE:
IT NEEDS TO COME TO SURFACE AND TO AN END
Da....
Death of a Salesman Essay
Willy Loman is what one may call a confused man. He has always known what he wanted in life but has never been able to reach that certain point in life. His biggest goal in life is to be liked by both his family, community, and bussiness associates. All his life he has tried to move in the right dir....
Death penalty
The Death penalty
As we are given right to live only one time during our lives we try to do a lot things, we try to live better to do useful things, but what if someone takes this right from us. He does such a cruel crime that should be strictly punished as he robs our life, ....
Deconstructing the American Dream
DECONSTRUCTING THE AMERICAN DREAM
THE AMERICAN DREAM IN AMERICAN LITERATURE
The American Dream is one of a self-made man and promising prosperity and happiness to anyone who works hard. Originally relating to the desire for spiritual and material improvement, the American Dream also relates to t....
Democratic Instability of Weimar
The democratic instability of Weimar Germany can be explained in three essential components: cultural explanations, institutional explanations, and economical explanations.
Non-liberal views and not accepting democracy as the only game in town caused an instable democracy in Weimar Germany. ....
Demon Hanunted World: Scientific Thinking
Scientific Thinking
Scientific thinking is the most influential discovery in formulating facts and theories about questions in science. This is where the ability to create questions and form hypothesis derived. The basic concepts that drive this method are creativity, evidence, logic, and tes....
Determining the best way to go when faced with putting a child on ADHD medication
ADHD Medication
Parents are faced with hard decisions when a child is diagnosed with ADHD. Which would be the best route to take: medication or a more non- traditional route? Teachers are usually the first people to make the parents aware of ADHD symptoms in children. A letter is sent home to the ....
Developing a global dimension in the school curriculum
Introduction
Global issues are part of young peoples live in a way that they never were for previous generations. Television, the internet, international sport and increased opportunities for travel, all bring the wider world into everyones daily life.
Society toady is enhanced by peoples....
Development of Pips character in Charles Dickenss Great Expectations
The Development of Pips character in Great Expectations.
The psychological development of Pips character in Charles Dickenss Great Expectations can be identified and examined as results of his changing circumstances. Through out the novel, themes of self-improvement, ambiti....
Diamond Conflict in Sierra Leone
Delegation: Sierra Leone
Commission: Disarmament
The question of the role of diamonds in fueling conflict in Africa
Through the 1990s, Sierra Leones rebel war became a tragedy of major humanitarian, political and historic proportions, but the story goes back further - almost 60 years, to th....
Difference Between Truth and Reality in Ron Carlson's Stories
It has always been very difficult to distinguish between what is reality and what is not. In the same sense, it can be just as difficult to distinguish between what is the truth and what is a lie. In the four short stories by Ron Carlson,Bigfoot Stole My Wife, I Am Bigfoot, The Tablecl....
Discourse in technology
The use and interpretation of technology takes place in a range of social, political and cultural contexts. Technology discourses change over time and place, and the contexts vary, it takes place in several different forms and shapes. Due to the fact that technology has become an everyday way of lif....
Discuss the ways in which Shakespeare presents anti-Semitism
It is accurate to say that in the Elizabethan era, Shakespeares contemporaries did not hold the Jews with high regard (often mocked or portrayed as villains) and there has been much controversy over whether Shakespeare supported the negative image created, or whether he challenged it. Nine years b....
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